While You’re in Africa

While you are in Africa, I will be here. I will be here. Doing all the things here requires. Like waking up with the little one long before the sun rises. And teaching the five year old to read one letter at a time. Begging a child to eat half a sandwich for dinner, while … Continue reading While You’re in Africa

Dear Baby B

Dear Baby B, Before you were even known to them, they loved you. From the moment you surprised them with your life, a smile of shock spread across their faces and joy lept inside their hearts. You were tiny. You were weak. And you were theirs. Your mama and daddy, they didn't expect to find … Continue reading Dear Baby B

He is the Sky

He is a stunning expanse. A vastness so high and so wide I can't ever tell where exactly he ends. Billowing with energy, I have always noticed him. His ideas leading our way, interesting figures slightly changing course; radiant with light. Never the same sunset twice. His iridescence morphs into other shades as well. Light and luminous sometimes becomes gray--thundercloud blue--as he moves over … Continue reading He is the Sky